Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

lightfully pleasant. Uproii your tight
fist and shake hands with some one.
Bank up the fires at the curfew bell.
DRIVE THE GROWING DOG
OF eDmItg back to is kennel. The
hours Of this morning will pass by, and
the afternoon will arrive, and the sun
will begin to set, and l beg you on the
blazing hearth throw all your feuds,
invectives and satires.
Other things being equal. the man
who preserves good temper will come
out ahead. An old essayist says that
the celebrated John Henderson, Of
Bristol, England, was at a dining party
where political excitement raj high
and the debate got angry. and while
Henderson was speaking, his opponent,
unable to answer his argument, dash
ed a glass Of wine in his face, when the
speaker deliberately wiped the liquid
from his face and said: This
sir, is a depression; now, if
you please. for the main argu-
ment." While worldly philosophy
could help but very few to such equi-
poise of spirit, the grace of God could
help any man to such a triumph.
impossible" you say. 81 would have
either left the table in anger or have
knocked the man down" But | have
come to believe that nothing is impos-
sible if God help, since what l saw at
Beth Shan faith cure in London, Eng
land, two summers ago. While the
religious service was going on Rev. DR.
Boardman, glorious man! since gone
to his heavenly rest, wcs telling the
scores of sick people present that
Christ was there as OF old to heal all
diseases, and that, IL they would only
believe, their sickness would depart.
] saw a woman near me, with hand
and arm twisted OF rheumatism, and
he's wrist was fiery with inflammation.
and it looked like those cases of
chronic rheumatism which we have all
seen and sympathized with, cases be-
yond all human healing. AT the
preachers reiteratiop of the words:
will you believer Do you believer
Do you believe nowg" l heard this
poor sick woman say, with IN empha-
sis which sounded through the build
ing: II do believe" And then
she Land her twisted arm and hand out
as straight AS your arm and hand, or
mine. If / had seen one
RISE FRoM THE DEAD,
I would not have been much more
thrilled. Since then / BELLE We that God
will do anything in answer to our
prayer and in answer to our faith, and
he can heal our bodies, and If our soul
is all twisted and misshapen of revenge
and hate and infiamed with sinful pro-
eli, ity, he car straighter that also and
make it well and clean. Aye. you will
not postpone till shutdown forgiveness
of enemies If you can realize that their
behavior towards you may be put into
the catalogue of the '.all things that
work together for good TO those that
love God" l have had multitudes Of
friends, but I have found in my
own experience that God SO
| arranged it that the greatest
opportunities of usefulness that have
been opened before me were opened by
enemies. And when, years ago, they
consplred against me, that opened all
C~hristendom to me as a field in which
to preach the Gospel. So you may
harness your antagonists to your best
interests and compel you to draw you
on to better work and higher character.
Suppose, instead of waiting until SIX
minutes past 5 o'clock this evening,
when the sun will set. you transact this
glorious work of forgiveness before
meridian.
Again: We ought not to let the sun
60 down on our wrath, because We will
SLEEP TIE
IL we are at peace with everybody.
Insomnia is getting to be me OF the
most prevalent of disorders. How few
people retire at ten o'clock at night
and sleep clear through to six in the
morning! TO relieve this disorder all
narcotics, and sedatives, and choral,
and bromide of potassium, and cocaine
aud intoxicants are used, but nothing
Is more important than a quiet spirit il
we would win somnolence. How is a man
going to sleep when he is in mind pur-
suing an cnemyp with what nervous
twitel he will start out of a dreaml
That new plan for %cornering mis- foe
will keep him wide awake while the
clock strikes eleven, twelve, one, two,
three, four. / give you an unfailing
prescription for wakefulness: spend
the evening hours ~rehearsing your
wrongs and the best way Of avenging
them. Hold a convention Of friends on
this subject in your parlor or office at
eight or nine o'clock. Close the even
ing by writing a bitter letter exprts'-
ing your sentiments. Take from the
desk or pigeon hole the papers in the
case to refresh your mind with your
evenings Then lie down
and wait for the coming Of the day,
and it will come before sleep comes, or
your sleep will be a worried quiescence
aud, it you take the %precaution TO lie
Hat on your back,
FRIGHTFUL NIGHTMARE.
Why not put a bound 10 your AMI
mosityp Why let your foes ONE into
the sanction Of your dormi,ory !?
Why let those slander.:s who have al
ready torn your reputation 10 pieces or
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